Constructing The World's Largest Museum: Inside Egypt's Billion Dollar Project

It took 20 years, a billion-dollar budget, and 60,000 workers to complete one of the greatest engineering challenges of the 21st century: the Grand Egyptian Museum. Located on the Giza Plateau, this colossal mega-structure is the largest museum in the world dedicated to a single civilization. You...

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